CALL FOR PAPERS: EXTENDED DEADLINE April 25th, 2018
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MODEL-BASED REASONING IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Inferential Models for Logic, Language, Cognition and Computation
20th Anniversary
Sevilla, Spain, October 24th -26th, 2018
Chairs:
Angel Nepomuceno Fernandez, Lorenzo Magnani and Francisco Salguero Lamillar
MBR18_SPAIN
(Eighth International MBR Conference)
Central University of Seville Building
University of Seville, Calle San Fernando 4
MBR COMMUNITY WEB SITE: http://www.unipv.it/webphilos_lab/cpl2/
CONGRESS WEB SITE: http://gestioneventos.us.es/go/MBR18_SPAIN
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University of Sevilla (US): School of Philosophy (US), School of Philology (US)
School of Computer Sciences (US),
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Philosophy of Sciences (US)
Research Group on Logic, Language and Information (HUM-502- US)
University of Pavia, Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section, Pavia, Italy
Italian Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science (SILFS)
Sociedad de Lógica, Metodología y Filosofía de la Ciencia, Spain
GENERAL INFORMATION
The International Conference MODEL-BASED REASONING IN SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY will be held at Tobacco Factory Building (University of
Seville) in the town of Sevilla (Spain), from Wednesday 24th to Friday
26th of October 2018. The conference is promoted by the Logic, Language
and Information Group of the University of Sevilla (Spain) and the
Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section and Computational
Philosophy Lab of the University of Pavia (Italy).
PROCEEDINGS
Proceedings will be published by Springer (series "SAPERE''
http://www.springer.com/series/10087). Selected technical papers will be
published in one or two special issues of the Logic Journal of IGPL
(https://academic.oup.com/jigpal) or in another renowned international
journal.
Previously unpublished papers in English should be sent in LaTex or DOC
MAX 18/20 pages. In case LATEX is preferred, the use of BIBTEX is
encouraged.
Final papers............................due... January 15th, 2019
CONFERENCE SITE
Central University of Seville Building
http://www.andalucia.org/en/cultural-tourism/visits/sevilla/monuments/antigua-real-fabrica-de-tabacos-universidad-de-sevilla/
University of Seville
Calle San Fernando 4
41004, Sevilla, Spain
The conference derives from an international research cooperation and is
promoted by the Research Group on Logic, Language and Information Group
at the University of Seville and the Department of Humanities
(Philosophy Section) and the Computational Philosophy Lab of the
University of Pavia, (Italy). It continues the topics and traditions of
past conferences: "Model-Based Reasoning in Scientific Discovery"
MBR'98; "Model-Based Reasoning: Scientific Discovery, Technological
Innovation, and Values" MBR'01; "Model-Based Reasoning in Science and
Engineering: Abduction, Visualization, and Simulation" MBR'04;
"Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Medicine" MBR06_CHINA;
"Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology. Abduction, Logic, and
Computational Discovery” MBR09_BRAZIL; “Model-Based Reasoning in Science
and Technology. Theoretical and Cognitive Issues” MBR12_ITALY; and
“Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology. Models and Inferences:
Logical, Epistemological, and Cognitive Issues” MBR15_ITALY.
PROGRAM
The conference will deal with the logical, epistemological, and
cognitive aspects of modeling practices employed in science, technology,
and cognitive science, including logical and computational models of
such practices. We solicit papers that examine the role of abduction,
visualization, simulation, and other aspects in model-based reasoning
from philosophical, logical, epistemological, historical, sociological,
psychological, or computational perspectives. The conference is also
devoted to examine the impact of Model-Based Reasoning research in the
enhancement of various kinds of human cognitive skills, mental, hybrid,
manipulative, etc.
RELEVANT RESEARCH AREAS
We call for papers that cover topics pertaining to model-based reasoning
in science and human cognition as presented on the following list:
- General theoretical and cognitive issues
- Models as fictions, distortions, credible worlds
- Models and games of make-believe
- Ontology of models
- Affordances, artifacts, and model-based reasoning
- Brain, neuroscience, and model-based reasoning
- Abduction
- Logical analyses related to model-based reasoning
- Inferences, interaction and duality in logic and language
- Visual, spatial, imagistic modeling and reasoning
- Simulative modeling
- The role of diagrammatic representations
- Computational models of visual and simulative reasoning
- Causal and counterfactual reasoning in model construction
- Visual analogy
- Thought experiments
- Manipulative reasoning
- Distributed model-based reasoning
- Distributed cognition, embodiment, and model-based reasoning
- Models of rationality and inference patterns in decision making
- Model-based reasoning in scientific discovery and conceptual change
- Model-based reasoning and ethics
- Model-based reasoning and history of philosophy
- Model-based reasoning and semiotics
- Model-based reasoning in scientific explanation
- Model-based medical diagnosis
- Model-based reasoning in engineering and robotics
- Model-based reasoning and technological artifacts
- Model-based reasoning and knowledge management
- Model-based reasoning and information technology
- The role of models in scientific and technological thinking
- Model- based reasoning and learning
- Model- based reasoning and language
PROGRAM COMMITTEE (to be confirmed)
Selene Arfini, Computational Philosophy lab. University of Pavia, ITALY
Francesco Amigoni, Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica,
Informazione, e Bioingegneria, Milano, ITALY
Tommaso Bertolotti, Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section,
University of Pavia, ITALY
Otavio Bueno, Department of Philosophy, University of Miami, Coral
Gables, USA
Walter Carnielli, Department of Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy and
Human Sciences, State University of Campinas, BRAZIL
Claudia Casadio, Department of Philosophy, Education and
Economical-Quantitative Sciences, Università di Chieti-Pescara, ITALY
Sanjay Chandrasekharan, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata
Institute of Fundamental Research, INDIA
Sara Dell'Antonio, Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, University of
Trento, ITALY
Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic, Chalmers University of Technology, Department of
Applied Information Technology,Göteborg, SWEDEN
Maria Gulia Dondero, Maître de recherches du FNRS, Université de Liège,
BELGIUM
Steven French, Department of Philosophy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Roman Frigg. London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Marcello Frixione, Department of Communication Sciences, University of
Salerno, ITALY
Dov Gabbay, Department of Computer Science, King's College, London, UK
Axel Gelfert, Professor of Philosophy, Technical University of Berlin,
GERMANY
Valeria Giardino, Laboratoire d'Histoire des Sciences et de Philosophie
- Archives Henri-PoincarŽ UMR 7117 CNRS - UniversitŽ de Lorraine, NANCY,
FRANCE
Marcello Guarini, Department of Philosophy, University of Windsor, CANADA
Ricardo Gudwin, Department of Computer Engineering and Industrial
Automation, the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
State University of Campinas, BRAZIL
Albrecht Heeffer, Centre for History of Science, Ghent University, BELGIUM.
Decio Krause, Departamento de Filosofia, Universidade Federal de Santa
Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, BRAZIL
Ping Li, Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou,
P.R. CHINA
Angelo Loula, Department of Exact Sciences, State University of Feira de
Santana, BRAZIL
Lorenzo Magnani, Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section &
Computational Philosophy Laboratory, University of Pavia, ITALY
Joke Meheus, Vakgroep Wijsbegeerte, Universiteit Gent, Gent, BELGIUM
Luis Moniz Pereira, Departamento de Informática, Universidade Nova de
Lisboa, PORTUGAL
Michael Moortgat, Utrecht University, Institute of Linguistics (OTS),
Utrecht, THE NETHERLANDS
Woosuk Park, Humanities & Social Sciences, KAIST, Guseong-dong,
Yuseong-gu Daejeon, SOUTH KOREA
Claudio Pizzi, Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences, University
of Siena, Siena, ITALY
Demetris Portides, Department of Classics and Philosophy, University of
Cyprus, Nicosia, CYPRUS
Joao Queiroz, Institute of Arts and Design. Federal University of Juiz
de Fora, BRAZIL
Shahid Rahman, U.F.R. de Philosophie, Université Lille 3, Villeneuve
d'Ascq, FRANCE
Oliver Ray, Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol,
Bristol, UNITED KINGDOM
Flavia Santoiani. Dipartimento Studi Umanistici. Università di Napoli
Federico II, ITALY
Colin Schmidt, Le Mans University & ENSAM-ParisTech, FRANCE
Gerhard Schurz, Institute for Philosophy, Heinrich-Heine University,
Frankfurt, GERMANY
Nora Alejandrina Schwartz, Faculty of Economics, Universidad de Buenos
Aires, ARGENTINA
Cameron Shelley, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, CANADA
Sonja Smets, Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC),
University of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Nik Swoboda, Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad
Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, SPAIN
Adam Toon, Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology, University of Exeter,
UNITED KINGDOM
Paul Thagard, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, CANADA
Barbara Tversky, Department of Psychology, Stanford University and
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, USA
Ryan D. Tweney, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Bowling Green State
University, Bowling Green, USA
Fernando Velazquez, Institute for Logic, Language and Computation
(ILLC), University of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Riccardo Viale, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan and Herbert Simon
Society, Turin, ITALY
John Woods, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, CANADA
LOCAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Cristina Bares. Department of Logic, Philosophy and Philosophy of
Science, University of Seville. SPAIN.
Alfredo Burrieza. UILLI-AT, Department of Philosophy, University of
Malaga, SPAIN
Matthieu Fontaine. CFCUL, University of Lisbon, PORTUGAL.
Teresa Lopez-Soto. English Language Department. University of Seville.
SPAIN.
Angel Nepomuceno. Department of Logic, Philosophy and Philosophy of
Science, University of Seville, SPAIN.
Jose F Quesada. Department of Computer Sciences and Artificial
Intelligence, University of Seville, SPAIN.
Francisco J. Salguero. Spanish Language, Linguistics and Theory of
Literature Department, University of Seville, SPAIN.
Fernando Soler. Department of Logic, Philosophy and Philosophy of
Science, University of Seville. SPAIN.
INVITED SPEAKERS AND PLENARY PRESENTATIONS
Atocha Aliseda, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosoficas, Universidad
Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), MEXICO
Walter Carnielli, Department of Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy and
Human Sciences, State University of Campinas, BRAZIL.
Hans van Ditmarsch, LORIA, Nancy. FRANCE.
Nancy J Nersessian, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA. (to be confirmed).
Lorenzo Magnani, Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section &
Computational Philosophy Laboratory, University of Pavia, ITALY.
Mario J. Pérez, Department of Computer Sciences, European Academy of
Sciences, Sevilla University, SPAIN.
Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen, Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and
Governance, Tallin University of Technology, ESTONIA / School of
Humanities and Social Sciences, Nazarbayev University. KAZAKHSTAN (to be
confirmed).
Olga Pombo, Centro de Filosofia das Ciências Universidade de Lisboa
CFCUL, PORTUGAL.
Shahid Rahman, U.F.R. de Philosophie, Université Lille 3, Villeneuve
d'Ascq, FRANCE.
Paul Thagard, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, CANADA.
John Woods, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia,
CANADA.
SUBMISSIONS OF EXTENDED ABSTRACT AND SYMPOSIA PROPOSALS
All submitted extended abstracts will be carefully refereed. The precise
format of the conference will be fixed once the revision process is
over. We expect approximately 60/80 contributed presentations. Proposals
will be reviewed and may obtain three scores:
1) Accepted for presentation of half an hour;
2) Accepted for poster session;
3) Rejected
In cases 1) and 2) the complete paper may be submitted for publication.
There will be several invited presentations of 1 hour. A selected subset
of accepted papers will be invited for inclusion (subject to additional
refereeing) in a book, which will constitute an advanced handbook for
researchers in this area. The book will be published by Springer (Series
"SAPERE" http://www.springer.com/series/10087). Moreover, another
selected subset of papers will be invited for inclusion (subject to
additional refereeing) in one or two special issues of the Logic Journal
of IGPL or of other renowned international journals.Final papers due
January 15th,2019.
EXTENDED ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Presentation Proposal
To participate in the conference authors must submit an electronic
version (by April 25th, 2018) - (PDF sent as attached file) - of an
extended abstract (total word count approximately 1000-1500). The file
must also contain a 300-word abstract that will be used for the
conference web site/booklet.
Deadline April 25th, 2018. Please send the extended abstract
electronically by EasyChair.
Symposia Proposal (intended for approx. 4-5 participants):
No later than April 25th, 2018. Please send a 2-page symposium proposal.
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mbr18-spain
REGISTRATION FEES
Participation in all the activities of the Conference and Social Dinner
included:
Before June 20th, 2018.
Standard: 250 euros
PhD Students and independent researchers: 150 euros
Master and Undergraduate students: 60 euros
After June 20th, 2018:
Standard: 300 euros
PhD Students and independent researchers: 200 euros
Master and Undergraduate Students: 75 euros
One day only: 100 euros
Social Dinner Only: 40 euros
No refunds will be granted after September 20th 2018. Terms &
Conditions: an administration fee of 75 euros will be charged for
cancellations confirmed in writing by September 20th 2018.
METHOD OF PAYMENT: Credit card or transfer. Follow Register in congress
web: http://gestioneventos.us.es/go/MBR18_SPAIN
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline (extended deadline)............................April
25th, 2018
Notification of acceptance...................May 20th, 2018
Registration discount price....................June 20th, 2018
Conference...........................................October 24th-26th, 2018
Final papers .................due... January 15th, 2019
PROGRAM CHAIRS:
Angel Nepomuceno. Department of Logic, Philosophy and Philosophy of
Science, University of Seville, SPAIN (nepomuce@us.es)
Lorenzo MAGNANI, Director, Computational Philosophy Laboratory
http://www.unipv.it/webphilos_lab/, Department of Humanities, Philosophy
Section, University of Pavia, Piazza Botta 6, 27100 Pavia, ITALY
(lmagnani@unipv.it)
Francisco J. Salguero. Spanish Language, Linguistics and Theory of
Literature Department, University of Seville, SPAIN (salguero@us.es)
LOCAL ORGANIZATION COORDINATOR
Cristina Bares-Gomez mbr18@us.es
LOCAL AND ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
Selene Arfini, Department of Philosophy, Education and
Economical-Quantitive Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara and
Computational Philosophy lab. University of Pavia, ITALY
Cristina Bares. Department of Logic, Philosophy and Philosophy of
Science, University of Seville, SPAIN
Tommaso Bertolotti, Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section,
University of Pavia, ITALY
Alfredo Burrieza. UILLI-AT, Department of Philosophy, University of
Malaga, SPAIN
Matthieu Fontaine. CFCUL, University of Lisbon, PORTUGAL
Andres Cordon. Department of Computer Sciences and Artificial
Intelligence, University of Sevilla, SPAIN
Emilio Gomez-Caminero. IES. SPAIN
Nino Guallart. Department of Logic, Philosophy and Philosophy of
Science, University of Seville, SPAIN
Diego Jimenez. Spanish Language, Linguistics and Theory of Literature
Department, University of Seville, SPAIN
Teresa Lopez-Soto. English Language Department, University of Seville, SPAIN
Lorenzo Magnani, Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section &
Computational Philosophy Laboratory, University of Pavia, ITALY
Angel Nepomuceno. Department of Logic, Philosophy and Philosophy of
Science, University of Seville, SPAIN
Jose Luis Pro. Department of Computer Sciences and Artificial
Intelligence, University of Seville, SPAIN
Jose F Quesada. Department of Computer Sciences and Artificial
Intelligence, University of Seville, SPAIN
Rocío Ramirez Maraver. Department of Logic, Philosophy and Philosophy of
Science, University of Seville, SPAIN
Francisco J. Salguero. Spanish Language, Linguistics and Theory of
Literature Department, University of Seville, SPAIN
Pablo Sierra. Department of Logic, Philosophy and Philosophy of Science,
University of Seville, SPAIN
Fernando Soler. Department of Logic, Philosophy and Philosophy of
Science, University of Seville, SPAIN
HOW TO REACH SEVILLA
In Practical information: http://gestioneventos.us.es/go/MBR18_SPAIN
